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“Dear Tupac, You speak to me.” Recruiting hip-hop as curriculum at a school for pregnant and parenting teens
Hallman, Heidi L.
Hallman, Heidi L.
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Abstract
This article provides a rich representation of how in-school practices that recruit
students’ “out-of-school” literacies, such as hip-hop, can be used as critical
bridges in students’ learning. Hip-hop, conceptualized in this article as an “outof-
school” literacy, works as a vehicle for curricular change at Eastview School
for Pregnant and Parenting Teens. In so doing, such literacy learning can be a
tool for social action. Because the literacy learning of “at risk” students, as the
students who attend Eastview School for Pregnant and Parenting Teens are
labeled, is often described through remedial or basic skills models of instruction,
it is imperative that researchers document curricular change that challenges
prevailing assumptions about the learning of “at risk” students.
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This is the Author's final draft. The published version may be found at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10665680802612642
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2009
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Hallman, Heidi L. (2009) "Dear Tupac, You Speak to Me." Recruiting Hip-hop as Curriculum at a School for Pregnant and Parenting Teens. Equity & Excellence in Education, 42 (1), 36-51.